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A Weekly Health Policy Round Up From Health Affairs            

**January 31, 2021**

THIS WEEK ON THE BLOG

DISPARITIES

An Editor's View Of Race, Racism, And Equity

By Alan Weil (1/26/21)

Dismantling institutional racism and building equitable systems takes
time and effort. Our agenda has three elements: equitable participation,
new voices, and introspection. Read More >>

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Dismantling Racism In Scholarly Publishing, Intentionally And
Unapologetically

By Vabren Watts (1/26/21)

We have a long road ahead to advance racial equity. However, if we are
intentional and unapologetic in our efforts, we can build a foundation
for health services and health policy scholarly publishing that
represents the perspectives of all cultures. Read More >>

COVID-19
Accelerating Digital Health To Achieve Equitable Delivery Of The
COVID-19 Vaccine

By Shantanu Nundy, Kavita K. Patel, and Mark Sendak (1/29/21)

With the promise of new vaccines, there has been great speculation
around how to distribute the vaccine in historically marginalized
communities. We argue that digital health has the potential to
facilitate a more widely distributed model of vaccine delivery. Read
More >>

Five Urgent Public Health Policies To Combat The Mental Health Effects
Of COVID-19

By Cindy B. Veldhuis, Elizabeth Stuart, and M. Daniele Fallin (1/27/21)

Mental health demands a comprehensive public health pandemic strategy,
including universal screenings, anti-stigma campaigns, and health
equity-focused access to mental health care, with specific efforts
focused on the needs of high-risk populations. Read More >>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Biden Executive Order To Reopen HealthCare.gov, Make Other Changes

By Katie Keith (1/29/21)

On January 28, President Biden took executive action directing HHS to
expand access to ACA coverage and bolster the Medicaid program. He also
issued a memorandum on women's health. These directives make clear
that the Biden administration considers HealthCare.gov and Medicaid to
be critical tools in its pandemic response toolbox. Read More >>

PUBLIC HEALTH

Philanthropy's Critical Role In Public Health Advocacy

By Betsy Fuller and Kelly Henning (1/28/21)

More philanthropic organizations need to catalyze public health advocacy
to realize sustainable, people-driven improvements in public health. The
authors, who are both at Bloomberg Philanthropies, provide examples of
funding advocacy work, including its funding of efforts to reduce use of
sugary beverages in Mexico and improve maternal mortality rates in
Tanzania. When philanthropy supports advocacy groups to push government
to do better and serve communities through policy change, that support
can help improve and save lives.
Read More >>

GLOBAL HEALTH

Revitalizing Global Health Policy In The Post-Trump Era

By Kashmira Chawla, Makela C. Stankey, Jacquelyn Corley, and Craig D.
McClain (1/28/21)

The Biden administration must create a more inclusive, decolonized,
accountable policy plan for global health security by partnering with
other countries to support equitable health care and resilient health
systems. Read More >>

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

How President Biden Can Make The ACA An Even Bigger Deal

By Joel Ario and Katherine Hempstead (1/25/21)

President Biden takes office with the expectation that he will face
stiff Republican opposition to expanding the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
That may well turn out to be true for his most ambitious coverage goals.
Nevertheless, the president will have many opportunities to build on the
ACA foundation. Read More >>

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Understanding Suicide Risk Prevention

A new health policy brief

from Health Affairs with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
provides a general overview of the research on suicide risk and
protective factors, highlights current suicide prevention strategies,
and notes policy opportunities for improving multisectoral prevention
efforts. This brief joins Health Affairs' ongoing series of policy
briefs on social determinants of health.

IN THE JOURNAL

POLICY INSIGHT

Pricing Universal Health Care: How Much Would The Use Of Medical Care
Rise?

By Adam Gaffney, David U. Himmelstein, Steffie Woolhandler, and James G.
Kahn

Adam Gaffney and coauthors explore how much medical care use and costs
would change under universal coverage in the US, and argue that such
estimates should consider the limited supply of most medical resources.
Read More >>

Health Economists May Be Getting The Supply-And-Demand Framework All
Wrong

Listen to Health Affairs Editor-in-Chief Alan Weil interview Adam
Gaffney, a pulmonary specialist from Cambridge Health Alliance and
Harvard Medical School, on how medical care use could change under
universal health coverage.

Listen here.

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NURSING HOMES

Nearly One In Five Skilled Nursing Facilities Awarded Positive
Incentives Under Value-Based Purchasing

By Laura Coots Daras, Alison Vadnais, Ye Zhang Pogue, Michael DiBello,
Christopher Karwaski, Melvin Ingber, Fang He, Micah Segelman, Lang Le,
and James Poyer

Laura Coots Daras from Insight Policy Research and coauthors from RTI
International and the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services report
on the first two rounds of incentive payments made through Medicare's
Skilled Nursing Facility Value-Based Purchasing Program. What did their
findings show about positive and negative incentive payments?
Read More >>

GRANTWATCH

Substance Use Disorders: Funding For Prevention

By Lee L. Prina

The January 2021 GrantWatch column focuses on the efforts of foundations
around the country to prevent substance use disorders, including opioid
addiction and alcoholism. Two foundations mentioned are broadening their
focus from the opioid epidemic to substance use disorder in general.
Among subjects mentioned are harm reduction strategies, the role of
Medicaid in treatment, and how COVID-19 is affecting opioid-related
mortality. And in personnel news, the May and Stanley Smith Charitable
Trust, located in California, has a new CEO. (Its funding priorities are
adults and transitioning youth with disabilities, elders, foster youth,
and veterans and military families.) Read More >>

LEADING TO HEALTH: OPIOID USE DISORDER

Critical Support Where High-Risk Pregnancy Meets Addiction

By Melba Newsome

In a Western North Carolina region ravaged by opioids, innovative
programming provides comprehensive, judgement-free care. Read More >>

BOOK REVIEW

Evaluating Global Health Systems

By Rick Mathis

Rick Mathis reviews ACA architect Ezekiel Emanuel's new book, Which
Country Has the World's Best Health Care? Read More >>

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A Call For Health Equity In Scholarly Publishing

Listen to Jessica Bylander and Vabren Watts discuss the Biden
administration's vision for advancing racial equity and the new Health
Affairs health equity project.

Listen here.

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